L’Art Cartonnage
Celebrating the beauty of nineteenth-century French book design.
La Duchesse-Anne: Histoire d’une Frégate — Olivier Le Gall — 1861 French Illustrated Cartonnage
$300.00
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A handsome 1861 French maritime adventure, La Duchesse-Anne: Histoire d’une Frégate, by Olivier Le Gall. This third edition was published by Alfred Mame et Cie. of Tours and tells the...
Souvenirs de Mme de Pontalby — 1880 French Saint-Cyr Memoir in Pictorial Cartonnage
$275.00
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A beautiful 1880 French memoir, Souvenirs de Mme de Pontalby, dernière survivante des demoiselles de la Maison Royale de Saint-Cyr, collected and published by Fr. Joubert. Issued in Tours by...
Souvenirs de Mme de Pontalby — Fr. Joubert — 1880 French Cartonnage
$275.00
A lovely French memoir, Souvenirs de Mme de Pontalby, dernière survivante des demoiselles de la Maison Royale de Saint-Cyr, collected and published by Fr. Joubert. Published in Tours by Alfred...
Histoire de Charles VIII, Roi de France — M. Todiére — 1853 French Prize Binding
$300.00
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A beautiful mid-nineteenth-century French historical work, Histoire de Charles VIII, Roi de France, by M. Todiére. This fifth edition was published by Alfred Mame et Cie., Tours, in 1853. The...
Les Débuts d’un Héros, ou Saint Louis en Saintonge — Henri Feuilleret — 1863 French Cartonnage
$185.00
A handsome 1863 French historical work, Les Débuts d’un Héros, ou Saint Louis en Saintonge, by Henri Feuilleret, former professor of history at the Collège de Saintes. Published in Rouen...
Robert de Beaucastel | 1857 French Historical Novel Gilt Cartonnage
$300.00
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A beautiful 1857 French historical tale, Robert de Beaucastel, ou Le Paladin de Saint Louis, by A. G., published in Rouen by Mégard et Cie. Set in the age of...
Vie de Duquesne — French Naval Biography in White & Gilt Cartonnage
$125.00
A lovely 19th-century French biography of the celebrated naval commander Abraham Duquesne, Vie de Duquesne, attributed on the title page to “un officier de marine” and published in Rouen by...
Hugues Capet et son Époque | 1854 French Blue Gilt Cartonnage Book
$185.00
A handsome 1854 French historical work, Hugues Capet et son Époque, by J.-J.-E. Roy and published in Tours by A. Mame et Cie. The book recounts the life and era...
Vies des Saints de l’Atelier — 1873 French Catholic Prize Book in Pink & Gilt Cartonnage
$300.00
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Beautiful 1873 French Catholic prize book, Vies des Saints de l’Atelier, Deuxième Série, published by Alfred Mame et Fils of Tours. This volume contains the lives of Saint Théodote, Saint...
Vie de Duquesne | 1855 French Naval Biography in Decorative Cartonnage
$145.00
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A handsome French biography of the celebrated seventeenth-century naval commander Abraham Duquesne, published anonymously as Vie de Duquesne, par un Officier de Marine. Printed in Rouen by Mégard et Cie...
Voyage en Sicile et à Malte by P. Brydone | 1860 French Cartonnage Book
$285.00
A beautifully preserved mid-nineteenth-century French travel book, Voyage en Sicile et à Malte by P. Brydone, translated by Campe and expanded from more recent travel accounts. This sixth edition was published...
Le Moulin de l’Aveugle, ou Les Miracles de la Cécité | 1862 French Cartonnage Book
$245.00
Le Moulin de l’Aveugle, ou Les Miracles de la Cécité by Just Girard was published in Tours by Ad. Mame et Cie in 1862. This small French volume is presented...
Marthe, ou La Sœur Hospitalière | 1851 French Cartonnage Book
$200.00
A lovely mid-nineteenth-century French devotional tale, Marthe, ou La Sœur Hospitalière, by M. l’abbé J***. This fifth edition was published in Tours by Ad. Mame et Cie in 1851. The...
Cécilia, ou la jeune infortunée, suivi du Bouquet de Roses | 1854 French Cartonnage
$245.00
A charming French volume bringing together Cécilia, ou la jeune infortunée and Le Bouquet de Roses, by Mme Ménard. This sixth edition was published in Tours by Ad. Mame et...